Biographies.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Written accounts of the lives of individuals.
Found in 307 Collections and/or Records:
A series of notebooks containing biographical information on British poets used, or intended to be used, in the publication of a dictionary of British poets., Mid 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42592-42595
Scope and Contents
The notebooks serve more as an assortment of information - notes, press cuttings and documentary evidence, such as copies of wills - to be used in the preparation of the specific entries of the dictionary, than as a considered manuscript. In many cases only the heading of the name of the poet has been entered.
None of the volumes has an index.
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
Account of the life of Pope Innocent XII, with an account of the conclave of 1700 and biographical notes on the members of the College of Cardinals., [Circa 1700.]
File
Identifier: MS.14794
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
[Circa 1700.]
Accounts of the life of William Tytler., 1793-1798.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11737/7
Scope and Contents
Full transcript of Henry Mackenzie’s ‘A short account of the Life and Writings of William Tytler’.
Full transcript of the ‘Short characteristical notices of the late William Tytler’.
Two copies of engravings of William Tytler which accompanied the pieces are included.
Dates:
1793-1798.
Album of caricatures by John A Hipkins: '1. The Royal Academy and others'., 1882-1910, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2919
Scope and Contents
The album contains sketches of Frederic Leighton, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the pre-Raphaelites, etc.
Dates:
1882-1910, undated.
Albums of caricatures by John A Hipkins., Circa 1870-1933, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2919-2927
Scope and Contents
The caricatures, which date from about 1870 to 1932, the year before the artist's death, depict many celebrities of the artistic, musical, and literary worlds, by whom the house of his father, Alfred James Hipkins, the musical antiquary, was much frequented.At the beginning of MS.2919 is a biographical notice of Hipkins by his sister; there are portraits of him by her, 1879, at the beginning of MSS.2923-2924, 2926; and his own caricatures of himself appear in MSS.2919 (page 25),...
Dates:
Circa 1870-1933, undated.
'Alphabetical catalogue of the best german authors in prose and verse ... since the 17th century; with biographical and literary notices'., 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.5764
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.
Dates:
19th century.
Annotated copies of printed books of Janet Adam Smith, with some related letters and articles., 1937-1988.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12342/173-179
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Includes correspondence concerning her own writing and her work on John Buchan, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Dates:
1937-1988.
Appreciations of Patrick Geddes, and biographical notes., 1913-1954, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.10608
Scope and Contents
Also included is a typescript of Arthur Geddes, 'Reports on Indian cities, 1914-24, and their influence today' (folio 27), and the BBC. script for a memorial broadcast on Patrick Geddes in 1954 (folio 62).
Dates:
1913-1954, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, lectures, notes and other papers of and concerning Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932).
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Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Patrick Geddes.
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Genealogical material concerning the Geddes family, circa 1900-1935, undated; appreciations of Patrick Geddes and bibliographical notes, 1913-1954, undated; and material concerning the Eastern Colonial Association, 1897-1898.
Articles, plays and related papers of Ethel Bassin., 1908-1973, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7040 Box 6(1)-(6)
Background material, relating to the biography of Frances Tolmie, entitled' The old songs of Skye', by Ethel Bassin, containing correspondence, notes and press cuttings, arranged alphabetically., 1911-1975, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.7040 Box 9(1)-Box 11(30)
Dates:
1911-1975, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Professional and personal papers of Ethel Bassin; including papers concerning her biography of Francis Tolmie, 'The Old Songs of Skye' (1977).
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Papers of Ethel Bassin, relating to the biography of Frances Tolmie, 'The old songs of Skye' (London: 1977), by Ethel Bassin.
Biographical and bibliographical notes, undated, by Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell., Mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.26099
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
After her husband's death, Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell continued to encourage interest in James Leslie Mitchell's work, particularly through new editions and films, and her papers reflect this activity.
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the novelist James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935), the author 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon', and of his wife Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell.
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Papers of Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell, wife of James Leslie Mitchell.
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Broadcasts, articles, and other material concerning the life and work of James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'.
Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Baron of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood., Early 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.37.2.1-37.2.10
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Barons of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood (died 1838), Auditor of Excise, Scottish antiquary and biographer.
Biographical and genealogical notes relating to Extraordinary Lords of the Court of Session, 1532-1721, and Kings Advocates, 1532-1835, compiled by John Philp Wood., Early 19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.37.2.5
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Barons of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood (died 1838), Auditor of Excise, Scottish antiquary and biographer.
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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Baron of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood.
Biographical and genealogical notes relating to Ordinary Lords of the Court of Session, 1532-1641, compiled by John Philp Wood., Early 19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.37.2.2
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Barons of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood (died 1838), Auditor of Excise, Scottish antiquary and biographer.
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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Baron of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood.
Biographical and genealogical notes relating to Ordinary Lords of the Courts of Session, 1641-1706, compiled by John Philp Wood., Early 19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.37.2.3
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Barons of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood (died 1838), Auditor of Excise, Scottish antiquary and biographer.
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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Baron of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood.
Biographical and genealogical notes relating to Ordinary Lords of the Courts of Session, 1706-1826, compiled by John Philp Wood., Early 19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.37.2.4
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Barons of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood (died 1838), Auditor of Excise, Scottish antiquary and biographer.
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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Baron of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood.
Biographical and genealogical notes relating to Presidents of the Court of Session, 1532-1811, compiled by John Philp Wood., Early 19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.37.2.1
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Barons of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood (died 1838), Auditor of Excise, Scottish antiquary and biographer.
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Biographical and genealogical notes chiefly relating to the Lords of Session, Baron of Exchequer, and members of the Faculty of Advocates, compiled by John Philp Wood.
Biographical and memorial material relating to Alasdair Geddes., 1919-1969, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19267
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Biographical notes of Alasdair Geddes written by his brother Arthur, undated (folio 1);(ii) Typescript of epitaph to Alasdair Geddes carved on his tombstone by his brother, Arthur, in 1919 (folio 6);(iii) Typescript of ‘To One is not and Yet is’, by Rachel Annand Taylor, undated (folio 10);(iv) Correspondence, 1969, of Jeannie Geddes with the Scottish National Institute for the War Blinded concerning the medals...
Dates:
1919-1969, undated.
Biographical material concerning George Adam Smith and his family., 1902-1989.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9446/398-406
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The George Adam Smith Archive, comprising correspondence and papers, 1859-1949, of the Very Rev Sir George Adam Smith (1856-1942), theologian, Moderator of the United Free Church General Assembly, 1916, and Principal of Aberdeen University, 1910-35; of his wife Lilian, née Buchanan (1866-1949) and her family; and of their family, particularly George Buchanan Smith (d.1915) and Robert Dunlop Smith (d.1917).
Dates:
1902-1989.
Biographical material concerning Tipu, Gangádhar Shastri and Kemal-ud-din-Hussain Khan, including draft notes., 1st quarter of 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13794A-13794B
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1st quarter of 19th century.
Biographical notes and passages, undated, compiled by Elizabeth S Haldane concerning her brother Viscount Haldane., [After 1880]-1937, 1973.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20227-20229
Dates:
Majority of material found within [After 1880]-1937, 1973.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Papers of Elizabeth S Haldane.
'Biographical notices of Persian statesmen and notables, August 1905, compiled by George P Churchill, Acting Oriental Secretary, His Britannic Majesty's Legation, Tehran' (Calcutta, 1906)., 1906.
File
Identifier: MS.12657
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1906.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department.
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Printed biographical notices of Persian statesmen and notables.
'Biographical notices of Persian statesmen and notables, September 1909, compiled by George P Churchill, Acting Oriental Secretary, His Britannic Majesty's Legation, Tehran' (Calcutta, 1910)., 1910.
File
Identifier: MS.12658
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1910.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department.
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Printed biographical notices of Persian statesmen and notables.
Biographical notices of Scottish and other pipers, with notes on persons, places and things connected in any way with piping, compiled by John MacLennan with additions and corrections by Ian H Mackay Scobie: subjects beginning A-Ga., Late 19th century-?1956.
File
Identifier: MS.22130
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collection was begun in the late nineteenth century and continued in the twentieth, being entrusted to Ian Scobie in 1944 (MS.22130, folio 2). The latest entry appears to be dated 1956. The entries are written on folio sheets. Press cuttings and other printed extracts and photographs (both originals and copies) have been added, pasted on separate sheets of the same size, to illustrate many of the entries. A number of the additional entries, and additions to existing entries, appear to be...
Dates:
Late 19th century-?1956.
Biographical notices of Scottish and other pipers, with notes on persons, places and things connected in any way with piping, compiled by John MacLennan with additions and corrections by Ian H Mackay Scobie: subjects beginning Ga-MacD., Late 19th century-?1956.
File
Identifier: MS.22131
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collection was begun in the late nineteenth century and continued in the twentieth, being entrusted to Ian Scobie in 1944 (MS.22130, folio 2). The latest entry appears to be dated 1956. The entries are written on folio sheets. Press cuttings and other printed extracts and photographs (both originals and copies) have been added, pasted on separate sheets of the same size, to illustrate many of the entries. A number of the additional entries, and additions to existing entries, appear to be...
Dates:
Late 19th century-?1956.